Twitter Weekly Update 2013–March–31

• How to build a thoroughly modern marriagehttp://bit.ly/10mUPat 
• How one little pill brought about changes in marriage and society: http://bit.ly/175gWsm 
• Updated Page: Kansas Family Law Appeals 2012 http://bit.ly/PHOljc 
• Same-sex marriage and the evolving language of love http://n.pr/X3Q480  @NPR
• RT @GAdivorce: Judge Refuses to Grant Divorce to #Transgender Pregnant Man http://abcn.ws/X2t6yc  #LGBT
• Six-year old boy left at #Kansas City fire station was caught up in parents’ #custody dispute http://bit.ly/XhpdYx 
• Georgia Court of Appeals sustains trial court restrictions by divorcing couple on Facebook (quoting @GADivorce) http://bit.ly/10kCvyE 
• #GACourts: Trial court did not commit error when it restricted divorce couple’s comments on #Facebook/social media http://bit.ly/14C2JE4 
• .@UniformLaws drafting on Recognition & Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders begins this fall http://bit.ly/106WJyi 
• MT @StoryCorps: Dawn Maestas, who removes #tattoos for survivors of domestic violence, talks to a client. http://bit.ly/YIjVUd  #DV
• RT‏@StateCourts Latest NCSC Backgrounder covers same-sex marriage cases in state courts http://bit.ly/ZHcIDm  #DOMA
• #KSCourts: 1 Kansas #FamilyLaw Related Appeals Decision issued today (2013-Mar-29) http://bit.ly/UnMG92  #termination #108562
• Updated Page: Kansas Family Law Appeals 2013 http://bit.ly/UnMG92 
• #FLCourts: E-Filing Becomes Mandatory On April 1, 2013: http://bit.ly/11T2csE  via @pdflawyer
• #TXCourts: Combined motion for new trial and notice of appeal adequately invokes appellate jurisdiction http://bit.ly/106LlSZ 
• #MNCourts: Domestic relations order issued post-retire directing benefits to second beneficiary cannot be ‘qualified’ http://bit.ly/10Z5VWU 
• #MNCourts: Under #ERISA, surviving spouse benefits vest at the time the pension participant retires http://bit.ly/10Z5VWU 
• #MDCourts: Failure to timely file objection to step-parent #adoption is irrevocable consent, due process not violated http://bit.ly/106FQ6L 
• #AKCourts: Trial court improperly awarded retroactive child support, failed to follow rules in determining income http://1.usa.gov/106ERn8 
• Study reports 5 mental illnesses share common DNA roots http://ow.ly/jyACT  via @acswa #autism #ADD #bipolar #schizophrenia #depression
• #FLCourts: Appeals court overturns man’s #adoption of his girlfriend as a “fraud upon the court” http://bit.ly/13DplEv  [PDF]
• Curious about the phrase, “May it please the Court?” @BryanAGarner has an answer: http://bit.ly/104jz9P 
• Maine AG signs on to #SCOTUS Brief with 11 state AGs supporting full enforcement of #ICWA http://bit.ly/ZrAuzC  #BabyVeronica
• MT @KansasBarLeg: Senate has a tentative agreement to concur to House position for #HB2015, marital property. KBA supports this bill.
• MT @KansasBarLeg: Judiciary conference committee decides to circle around and discuss #HB2014 NEXT year. #ksleg
• United States vs. Windsor #SCOTUS Oral Argument Sync-Transcript http://bit.ly/100eDTe 
• #KSLegislature: #HCR5017 Introduced: Adjournment of legislature for a time during the 2013 session. http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/HCR5017/ …
• #SCOTUS posts audio from U.S. v. Windsor (#DOMA) oral arguments of March 27, 2013: http://wapo.st/16Yti5E 
• RT@SCOTUSblog Final update: #scotus 80% likely to strike down #doma. J Kennedy suggests it violates states’ rights; 4 other Justices see as gay rights.
• #KSLegislature: Today (March 27) is “second house deadline” for legislation, 1st adjournment is April 5
• Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it~Santayana
• Claiming “judicial reform,” Legislature and Governor send Kansas backwards to the 1950s with “new” judicial selection bill #HB2019
• #KSLegislature: Brownback will today sign #HB2019, which seeks to make the court of appeals beholden to a co-equal branch of government
• Justices to Hear Arguments on Defense of Marriage Act (#DOMA) on Second Day Same-Sex Marriage Cases http://nyti.ms/13wjmkL 
• #KSLegislature: MT @KansasBarLeg: Governor to sign judicial selection bill. http://m.cjonline.com/news/state/2013-03-26/brownback-sign-judicial-selection-bill … #kscourts #HB2019
• #KSLegislature: #HB2015 (marital gifts not separate property/divorce process service) to Conference Cmte http://bit.ly/XeGjQl  [CORRECTION]
• #KSLegislature: #HB2205, adoption hearing notice waivers, sent to Governor for signature http://bit.ly/11HsSjg 
• #KSLegislature: #HB2215 (marital gifts not separate property/divorce process service) to Conference Cmte http://bit.ly/XeGjQl 
• #KSLegislature: #SB20, revising statutes on poverty affds & general civil restraining orders, to Conference Cmte http://bit.ly/11z2mIk 
• #KSCourts: The Kansas Supreme Court visits #Johnson County Community College (#JCCC): http://youtu.be/EW4IVBGFWsY 
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• #Prop8 Arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court are Posted: http://bit.ly/YG2H6G 
• RT‏@ABAFamily Post-Argument Update by @SCOTUSblog on Supreme Court #Prop8 Oral Argument http://bit.ly/XEenXl  http://fb.me/15U9x6KFq 
• #ALCourts: Because divorce based only on parties’ stipulations, rather than independent evidence, divorce overturned http://bit.ly/YQtAnu 
• #KSLegislature: #KSHouse approves change directing #KSCourts docket fees to general fund by one vote http://cjonline.com/news/2013-03-25/house-approves-court-fees-change-one-vote#.UVB9ZM4boGw.twitter …
• Updated Page: Legislative–2013 Session http://bit.ly/WUe21y 
• #KSCourts: Nominees for #Ninth Judicial District (#McPherson, #Harvey) Sent to Governor: #Klenda, #Mills, #Wilder http://bit.ly/10EHCgP 
• News: Twitter Weekly Update 2013–March–24 http://bit.ly/15KQWPD 
• #KYCourts: Family Ct divested of #UCCJEA modification jurisdiction when parents and child move out-of-state http://bit.ly/13q4dRX  [PDF]
• #KYCourts: Ct erred refusing dismissal post-decree child-custody case under #UCCJEA when all parties moved from state http://bit.ly/X3A3QR